Text: HF00223 Text: HF00225 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 1.18 COMMON LANGUAGE OF STATE. 1 2 The common language of the state shall be the English 1 3 language and all official proceedings, records, and 1 4 publications shall be in the English language. The 1 5 requirements of this section establishing English as the 1 6 common language of the state shall not apply to any of the 1 7 following: 1 8 1. To state employees in the oral or verbal, as opposed to 1 9 written, performance of government business. 1 10 2. To instruction in foreign language classes. 1 11 3. To instruction designed to aid students with limited 1 12 English proficiency. 1 13 4. When deemed to interfere with the needs of the judicial 1 14 system. 1 15 5. When public health, safety, and emergency services 1 16 require the use of other languages. 1 17 6. To the promotion of international commerce and tourism. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill establishes English as the common language of the 1 20 state, to be utilized in official proceedings, records, and 1 21 publications. Several exceptions to the provisions are 1 22 specified. 1 23 LSB 1158HH 77 1 24 rn/cf/24
Text: HF00223 Text: HF00225 Text: HF00200 - HF00299 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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